Clothes support



Dec. 12, 1944. B, E, LLOYD 2,364,860

CLOTHES SUPPORT Filed Oct. 2, 1942 INVENTOR 8% RT E. LLOYDv 1 ATTORNEYPatented Dec. 12, .1944 I UNITED STATES "PATENT F Burt jlLloya, Milford,Pa.

Application October The present inventionrelates to improvements inclothes supports adapted to hold a plurality of articles of apparel andmore particularly to clothes hangers particularly adapted to supportclothing including a plurality of trousers.

An important object of the invention is to provide a novel andadvantageous clothes hanger of the general character specified.

Another object is to provide a novel formof clothes hanger on which aplurality of trousers 1 may besupported independently.

Another object is to provide a novel form of clothes hanger adapted notonly to support a plurality of trousers independently and in compactarrangement but also at least one coat.

Another object is to provide a clothes hanger adapted for use intravelling and having individually movable trousers supports and meansfor locking said supports in position for convenience in travelling.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothing hanger in whichtrousers are supported by independently movable normally parallelsupports at different levels and offset laterally in succession frombottom to top to avoid excessive piling up of trousers on lowersupports.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and advantageousform of clothing support of the so-called valet type.

Other objects, features and advantages will appear upon consideration ofthe following description and of the'drawing in which:

I Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating one embodiment of theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l with trousers carried bythe hanger as indicated in dot-and-dash lines;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in elevation showing the manner ofsupporting one end of a supporting member for trousers; and

Fig. 4 is a view of. the structure of viewed from the right.

In Figs. 1,2, 3 and 4, there is illustrated one embodiment of theinvention in which there is a frame comprising upright sides I0 and IIconnected by upper and lower members I2 and I3 respectively which may bein the form of round rods with tapered ends entering correspondingopenings in said sides I0 and II, thus providing wedging connections.Obviously, this arrangement provides a frame which is easily assembledor knocked down. The sides I0 and Il may take different shapes but asillustrated increase Fig 3 as in depth from bottom to top and the rodmem 2, 1942, Serial No. 469,471

1 Claim. (Cl. 211-123) hers I 2 and I3 enter said sides near the rearedges thereof.

'Trousersupports in th form o'f rods H are supported by the sides IQ andI I adjacent to their front edges. .Preferablythe supporting means forthese rods comprise recesses I5. atthe front edges and inner faces ofthe sides I0 and I L These re cesses I5 are spaced at'conveniehtintervals from top to bottom .of thefront edgesof said sides I0 and I Iand have entrances at said front edges. From said entrances the recessesI5 are inclined downwardly and rearwardly so that when the ends of a rodare inserted in the corresponding recessesthe rod will drop to positionwith its ends in the lower parts of said recesses I5. The recesses I5are open at the inner faces of said sides I0 and II but do not extend tothe outer faces of said sides and the rods are thus limited inlongitudinal movement to prevent the ends from moving out of therecesses at the innerfaces of the sides.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the supports or rods I4 may be used to supporttrousers I51) and due to the inclined forward edges of the sides It! andl I there is less displacement of the trousers by sup-- ports or rods atlower levels or by trousers on said rods at lower levels. If the clothessupport withv trousers carried therebyis to be moved to another positionor packed for moving, the rods I4 may be locked in the recesses bymembers I6 and I1 pivotally mounted at the tops of sides l0 and IIrespectively so that they can beswung over the entrances of saidrecesses l5. As illustrated the members or bars I6 and I! may be pivotedon screws threaded into the sides It! and I I and may be provided attheir lower ends with slots I8 and I9 to receive screws in the lowerparts of the sides I0 and II so that the lower ends of the bars I6 andI1 may be held against outward pressure.

The clothes support may be secured to a Wall in any suitable manner ormay be supported against the wall in any other suitable manner.Preferably there is secured to thetop of the support a coat hanger 20which may comprise a thin curved'strip 2| with a hook 22 pivotallymounted in the central part thereof, the end portions of said member 2|being attached to the sides I 0 and ll'in' a suitable manner asby'screws. The clothes support as a whole may be attached to a wall byscrews passing through openings 23 in the member 2| and threaded into awall, door or other suitable support. It will be seen that the bar 2| ofthe coat hanger serves not only to support the other part of the clothessupportbut also to hold the sides In and II together at the sides l0 andII. tached to a wall, door or other support by screws iof sides l0 andII.

stead of securing the clothes hanger to a wall or door by screws orother fastening devices it jresting against the wall.

coat hanger is available for use.

top of the frame; If desired'the lower ends of the sides It] and H maybe held against spreading by means of a bar 24 similar to bars l6 and I!connected by screws to the lower ends of the The sides Ill and II may beatpassing through openings 25 in the lower ends It will be evident thatinmay be supported by placing the hook 22 on a suitable object such as anail or hook projecting from a wall, the lower part of the frame thenWhen the hook is used in this manner, the As illustrated in Fig. 1, thesides l0 and may be provided at their tops with recesses 24a to hold anextra member I4 or one which is not in use.

Although the structure described is provide with solid sides I0 and I I,it is obvious that these sides might be made in the form of open workframes having suitable sockets with inner surfaces corresponding tothose of recesses 15. It is also evident that the structure of theclothes support might be varied further as to the means of supportingthe rods, the important require ment being that the rods or trouserssupports l4 will tend to remain in position against movement away fromthe sides It! and II and will be limited as to longitudinal. movement.

It should be understood that various changes may be made and thatcertain features may be used without others, without departing from thetrue scope and spirit of the invention.

What I claim is: v v

A clothes Support of the class specified, comprising upright sides,means rigidly connecting the sides in spaced relation,independently-movable normally-horizontal trousers supports extendingbetween said upright sides, means for supporting said trouserssupportson said sides swinging movement substantially in the plane of the frontedge of the side to and from a position over the entrances of saidsockets where it acts to hold the rod ends in their sockets.

BURT E. LLOYD.

